Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to a group at the University of Washington Virtual Biodome. And, last night wearing the hat of professor teaching at University of Washington in a VirtualWorld Certification program. also met up with some great old virtualworld and real world acquaints and made some new virtual friends! Nice job.

There are many reasons by I believe that virtualworlds are not dead, dying or disappearing. Classes in 3D Worlds and About 3D Worlds. Last night I had the pleasure of traveling to Randy Hinrich’s VirtualWorld Certificate Class for 2012 in their Winter Thinkfest. In a 3D virtualworld, you are engaged. New Uses for VirtualWorlds.

My friend, Randy Ran Hinrichs, of 2b3d who has a wonderful motto of “Move Photons, Not People” is offering a program that you need to take advantage of if you are involved, interested or curious about 3D virtualworlds. Here is Randy talking about 3D VirtualWorlds with Ron Burns of ProtonMedia. The program offers a Certificate in VirtualWorlds.

The brave new world of virtual-reality filmmaking — from readwrite.com by David Nield How VR will revolutionize cinema for creators and consumers. Excerpt: While gamers wait patiently for their virtual-reality headsets to go on sale, there’s another industry ripe for the VR picking: movies. That means, as VR technology matures, filmmakers have to work out […]. A/V -- audio/visual business chemistry emerging technologies engagement / engaging students engineering higher education K-12 related Media/film science virtual reality / worlds / learning

There is a great deal of "churn" in the 3D virtual immersive environment space. Microsoft has awarded one of its innovation awards to 3D Virtual Immersive Environment Enterprise provider ProtonMedia. See my analysis of the recognition in What it means that MS LifeScience Award Goes to 3D Virtual Conference Design James A.

Here is an interesting move in the virtualworld space. The companies have combined ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere virtual immersive environment (VIE) with Kaplan EduNeering’s ComplianceWire learning management system. With this integration, a company can now schedule, launch, and track ProtoSphere virtual meetings, conferences, and other learning sessions from ComplianceWire. Ability to launch ProtoSphere events from the ComplianceWire “To Do” List instantly brings learners into their virtual classroom with their peers. 3D worldsvirtual immersive environment
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Notice, however, that virtualworlds are now right in the middle of the trough of disillusionment which means people are still pretty down on virtualworlds but they are closer to actual productive use. In a posting I did from 2008 called VirtualWorlds…The rumors of their death have been greatly exaggerated , we can see that back then I indicated that I thought that virtualworlds were just entering the trough of disillusionment. think virtualworlds will quickly leave the trough. 3D worlds Games
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At the end of last year, I was interviewed on the topic of “Making Money in VirtualWorlds and spoke at the University of Washington VirtualWorlds Program 2011. 3D Book 3D Book Tour 3D worlds lrn3d Avatar Content Guide virtual immersive environmentIt was a lot of fun and the questions were very thought provoking. Here is the interview.
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Here are a few of virtualworld research papers that contain some interesting information: Virtually Face to Face: Enriching Collaborative Learning Through Multiplayer Game by Johanna Bluemin. Promoting motivation with virtual agents and avatars: role of visual presence and appearance by Amy Baylor. Best Practices in VirtualWorld Teaching: A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving in Second Life by Simon Bignell and Vanessa Parson. Avatar virtual immersive environmentGo with the Flow: Engagement and Learning in Second Life by Karen Cooper.
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